astingents and toners are used after cleansing the face to keep the surface of the skin clean and free of dead skin cells so that moisture from face cream or lotion could be more easily absorbed.
during dryer weather, my face has ocassion break-out spots which would appear like insect bites and they feel very itchy. when they suddenly appear, it could be quite embarrassing and i had to quickly hide them with concealer. i made this astringent especially for the purpose of soothing dry and sensitive patches like these. i used roman chamomile floral water, which has become one of my favorites, and rose water. this is the simple recipe:
1 tbsp roman chamomile floral water
2 tbsps rose floral water
1 tbsp witch hazel
combine in a bottle and shake.
i use a spritzer bottle from muji so that i could spray on my face whenever break-out occurs. after cleansing, i would also spray the astringent on a cotton pad and wipe the face with it.
floral waters are fragrant waters made from distilling fresh flowers with water. rose water has moisturising properties and chamomile is skin soothing. witch hazel is a plant whose bark and leaves are made into a wonder skin freshener. it is not as drying as pure alcohol which is usually used in skin toner.
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